The optimal HCC gene panel included DST, SYNE2, APOB, KDM6A, USP9X, SPAG17, TERT, TP53, AMPH, EP300, TTK, CCND1, FCRL1, IL6ST, PTEN, SFN, STK11, and NRAS. This evidence concerns the gene PTEN and hepatocellular carcinoma.